This won't improve loading times. The entire page still has to load, and this mod does not affect that. What it does do is keep the page from appearing to hang when it is "almost" done loading. It appears to hang (in some, not all cases), because the pixel image at the bottom of the page, that calls the cron script doesn't load until the cron script is done running. This mod requests the cron image via JS after the page has been loaded, eliminating the annoying pages that are apparently loaded (visually they are all there), but the loading indicator in the browser says the page is still loading because the cron image is still loading.

hmm, I'm trying to recall if thats ever been noticeable on my board.. if there is hang time maybe half a second to a second max to a point it may not be noticeable.. not sure what I should be looking for :) .. the only hangtime I notice is loading after $navbar .. but thats just because I have a larger board..

Good lord man! This has solved an issue I have been having with my board for some time. Where in the hell do I send your Christmas Card too?

whats that?.. please do share.. :)

I have been having the page load and then hang for what seemed like 5 seconds. Had members complain that it took upwards of 5 seconds or more at times to load. I have been IMing a few of them and they all say it is loading faster although one person says I have a ton of shit html which could also be an issue. So as far as the load hang goes... the usual complainees seem to think it is working better since the install.

I agree! Thanx so much to the Author of this fine modification ;)

Jacquii.

Maybe I should try .. see if it makes any difference.. I don't think it will.. but wont hurt

I tried it.. didn't see any noticeable differences.. in both FF and IE

Installed this today. Seems cool. I noticed one minor glitch (nitpicking really). If I look in the plugins manager the drop-down box and "Go" button are oriented funny. Is this an issue anyone else is seeing?

Thanks,

This is a godsend, seriously. I always hated that delay, it was annoying as ever.... And now... Thank you!!

That is a problem with vBulletin (with any products you install), and is not directly related to this product. But I hear you, I think it's annoying too. :)

That's a nice bulldozer post to get people to use your product instead of the original. lol Nothing like being insulted by someone you don't know.

Just to answer your mud flinging.

The hacked cron file returns less crap that is not needed and prevents many issues that were found using cron.php.

The uploaded javascript is cached by the users browser where your inline js must be downloaded with each and every page load.

It works fine with vbadvanced.

And as far as users without js, it defaults to the normal vb method.

Oh, and it only loads when a cron is to be run. Not every page load like this one.

And what's best of all, it's original.

Nice people don't fling mud. Have a nice day.

Code Monkey,

I offer you my sincerest apologies. I created this mod for my own personal use, and I created it to the best of my abilities. My post that you call 'mud flinging' was an attempt to compare the two mods, only since someone asked. I never told anyone to use my mod instead of yours, everyone's free to use what they want. My personal preference with modifications, is the simpler and more straightforward it is, the better. You have misinformation in your post, concerning both the mods, which I won't respond to. Each user can decide for themselves which mod they want to install, if any. I hope you'll forgive me and not feel that I'm stepping on your toes. I hope we can peacefully coexist here on vB.org.

Respectfully,
David.

I installed this and noticed a significant increase in performance. Better in Firefox than IE though.

Thanks for this! very smart MOD .twothumbsup.

Greatest mod I have so far.... and my forum has pretty much everything.

Indianprofits.com clicks install

thank you , this addon fixed a problem I had with $cronimage and Zoints Tags rewritten urls

Can you add an option were we can set the sizes for posts and signatures separate ?

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Those annoying hangs in Firefox are a thing of the past!

Thanks Analogpoint!

Does it only attach the plugin code when there is a cron job that needs to be run?

any plans to get this for 3.7 ?

Does this work for vb 3.7?

Waiting for answer to last two posts.... 3.7 ?

Helloooo, anyone there? lol, sorry I get in a hurry sometimes :)

I think it works. the developer is absent since 06 Dec 2007

I can't really tell if it's working or not, to tell you the truth :)

But, I haven't had any issues and I'm running 3.7.1 P1

I'll give this a shot to see if my cron jobs will execute better.

I wish Jelsoft would give us that have actual shell access to our servers the ability to execute the cron jobs from a shell-based cron, rather than PHP-based.

Does it work with vb 3.8.x ?

Working for 3.8.4. :)

Does this mod do anything in vB 4 and does it work?

Installed on a v3.8.6 and actually also moved the $cronimage call out of the footer template and into the headinclude template.

works on vb 4.2.2 perfectly! no issues at all. one of the best articles ever! Big Thanks

Do modern browsers still hang when the pixel calls a scheduled task, or has this been resolved by the latest browser versions?